The Clinical Support Center is an Indian Health Service Headquarters program located in Phoenix, Arizona. We provide educational services to Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban (I/T/U) health care providers who deliver health care to approximately 1.9 million American Indian and Alaska Natives across the country. We are committed to meet the Indian Health Service mission, raising the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of all American Indian and Alaska Natives to the highest level.

We invite you to take a few minutes to explore our website and learn about what we have to offer. If you have any questions or requests for information, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center Awarded Accreditation with Commendation

The Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center has been resurveyed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and awarded accreditation with commendation for six years as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians.

ACCME accreditation seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the IHS Clinical Support Center provides physicians with relevant, effective, practice-based continuing medical education that supports US health care quality improvement.

The ACCME employs a rigorous, multilevel process for evaluating institutions' continuing medical education programs according to the high accreditation standards adopted by all seven ACCME member organizations. These organizations of medicine in the US are the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and the Federation of State Medical Boards of the US, Inc.

Mission Statement

To advance the IHS mission, the Clinical Support Center will be the leader in health care education by providing: